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Article | REF: RE110 V2

Second generation biofuels

Authors: François BROUST, Philippe GIRARD, Laurent VAN DE STEENE

Publication date: February 10, 2013

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ABSTRACT

The main asset of second generation biofuels is due to the fact that their fabrication processes must allow for converting the whole biomass. The competition between the food and non-food use of agricultural products is limited. The whole plant is valorized; the valorization of a large amount of residues and organic waste can even be envisaged including for the synthesis of numerous chemical products and platform molecules, precursor to a significant number of chemical applications.

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Sector: Energy

Degree of technology diffusion: Emergence I Growth I Maturity

Technologies involved: gasification, fermentation, hydrolysis, catalysis

Applications: liquid fuels and chemicals

Main French players :

Competitiveness clusters: TENERDIS, DERBI, AXELERA, AGRIMIP, CAPENERGIES, IAR for the main ones.

Competence centers :

GAYA (AMI ADEME): second-generation biomethane

BioTFuel (AMI ADEME): industrial thermochemical production of second-generation biodiesel and biokerosene

FUTUROL (OSEO/IAR): second-generation bioethanol platform using biological processes

Xyloforest (EQUIPEX 2010): Forest-Wood-Fiber-Biomass of the Future" innovation platform

GENEPI (EQUIPEX 2012) : Gasification equipment for an innovative platform dedicated to new energies

Research organizations: CIRAD, CNRS, CEA, FCBA, IFPEN, IFREMER, INRA, IRSTEA, Universities, ONF

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